Current CICYT Research Projects

M2D2-SHI
Name Methodologies based on Data Mining for the design of Intelligent Hybrid Systems.
URL http://heurimind.inf.um.es/projects/project09-12/index.html
Objective The main objective is to develop methodologies based on Data Mining, within the framework of Intelligent Data Analysis processes, to extract knowledge that allows us to create a set of rules that govern the cooperative operation of a set of meta-heuristics from a centralized approach for the resolution of problems.
SEISCIENTOS
Name SEISCIENTOS: providing adaptive ubiquitous services in vehicular contexts.
URL http://www.grc.upv.es/600/
Objective The work proposed in this project is aimed at creating a framework that meets the needs for communication and for the infrastructure to provide dedicated services to end-user in ubiquitous vehicular environments.

Current European Research Projects

SWIFT
Name Secure Widespread Identities for Federated Telecommunications
URL https://www.ist-swift.org/
Objective The project leverages identity technology as a key to integrate service and transport infrastructures for the benefit of users and the providers. It focuses on extending identity functions and federation to the network while addressing usability and privacy concerns.
SEMIRAMIS
Name Secure Management of Information across multiple Stakeholders.
URL http://www.semiramis-cip.eu
Objective SEMIRAMIS defines a pilot infrastructure which provides e-services with the required underlying secure authentication and management approach and tests it on the basis of some scenarios.
SCALNET
Name Scalable Video Coding impact on Networks.
URL http://www.scalnet.info
Objective New solutions are being developed for video encoding, such as MPEG4 SVC (Scalable Video Coding).
Scalnet proposes to focus on the impacts and needed adaptations on core, access and home networks, either wired or wireless, either fixed or mobile, in order to manage efficiently the SVC technology. Scalnet will also study the control interface between networks and video processing equipments.
CAM4HOME
Name Collaborative Aggregated Multimedia for Digital Home.
URL http://www.cam4home-itea.org/
Objective The objective of the CAM4Home project is to create a metadata enabled content delivery framework to allow end users and commercial content providers to create and deliver rich multimedia experiences.

Current National Research Projects

TIMI
Name Intermodal Freight Intelligent Transport
URL http://www.proyecto-timi.es/
Objective The TIMI, Intermodal Freight Intelligent Transport " arises in a scenario motivated by a wish to encourage security and sustainable intermodal freight transport in different media (land and overseas) through improving the existing knowledge and creating new models of control, management, security planning, technologies implementation and methodologies for developing an intelligent intermodal transport in a global environment.
OASIS
Name Safe, intelligent and sustainable highway operations.
URL http://www.cenitoasis.es/
Objective The main objective (goal) of the OASIS project is to define the future highway, that in its operation will show diferentially higher levels of security, user service and sostenibility.
MARTA
Name Mobility & Automotion through Advanced Transport Networks.
URL http://www.cenitmarta.org/
Objective The objective of MARTA is to foster research and development in communication between vehicles and to the infrastructure to develop technological solutions that will improve transportation

Past CICYT Research Projects

HEURI-MIND
Name Extraction of useful knowledge by means of data mining for cooperative heuristics.
URL http://heurimind.inf.um.es/projects/project06-08/index.html
Objective This project focuses on developing the following objectives: Depth in study of Data Mining (DM) techniques to apply them to the algorithm-instance problem; Apply different MD techniques to the information generated for the algorithm-instance problem; Extract useful knowledge for solving problems more efficiently and to make improvements in cooperative strategies.

Past National Research Projects

VIDIOS
Name Video Distribution Over MPLS Networks Supporting Heterogeneous Format Environments.
Contract FIT-330220-2005-74
URL http://ants.inf.um.es/projects/vidios
Objective VIDIOS optimises the quality of video services transmitted over state of the art Internet infrastructure to a DSL broadband access network. VIDIOS researches how to integrate bandwidth on demand and video service error protection into video distribution, contribution and conferencing services.
DINAMUS
Name Distribución Interactiva Adaptable de contenidos Multimedia sobre UMTS
Contract FIT-330211-2005-2
URL http://ants.inf.um.es/projects/dinamus
Objective DINAMUS improves the distribution of multimedia contents by using multicast in mobile networks (UMTS). The improvements are mainly focused in extending the MBMS (Multimedia Broadcast/Multicast Service) defined 3GPP
M:VIA
Name m-via: EL futuro de los Sistemas Inteligentes de Transportes.
Contract TSI-020301-2009-28
URL http://ants.inf.um.es/projects/mvia
Objective Mvia tries to apply communications technologies and models of services to the transport by road, improving the application of the mobile communications and wireless networks technologies in road transportation, adding value in terms of information and entertainment to the driver and passengers, support to professional vehicles, comfort and optimization of the traffic.
I-BEDS
Name Desarrollo de nuevas soluciones intra hospitalarias para la integración de dispositivos clínicos de diagnostico.
Contract TSI-020302-2009-89
URL http://ants.inf.um.es/projects/ibeds
Objective The incidence of serious and fatal Adverse Drugs Reaction (ADR) and harmful effects of pharmaceutical excipients in worldwide hospitals is extremely high. Some studies show a rate of ADR appearance about 6.5% in worldwide hospitals. The consequences of these cases lead to a rate of 80% of ADR incidences that require the patient admission, a medium bed stay of eight days, a cost of $847m and an overall death rate of 0.15%. Most of these consequences can be avoided. For this reason, a drugs checker based on Internet of things and a knowledge-based system is proposed in this paper to detect ADRs and allergy interactions. Specifically, the patient’s terminal identifies the drugs by means of either NFC (Near Field Communication) or barcode, using common devices such as cellular phones, PDAs or PCs. This information is matched with the Pharmaceutical Intelligent Information System to detect whether a drug or product is compatible with its allergy profile and Electronic Health Record (EHR) or not. The system is being tested with a first approximation based on smart phones and a real patient which suffer a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) intolerance. This patient cannot tolerate some Active Ingredients (AI) such as ibuprofen. Therefore, when the patient checks a drug that contains one of the not tolerated AI, the system warns the patient about the incompatibility with his allergy profile and EHR, by means of a friendly interface.
CAM4HOME
Name Collaborative Aggregated Multimedia for Digital Home.
URL http://ants.inf.um.es/projects/cam4home
Objective The objective of the CAM4Home project is to create a metadata enabled content delivery framework to allow end users and commercial content providers to create and deliver rich multimedia experiences.

Past European Research Projects

ANTS++
Name Ants research group evolution to a research excellence institute.
Contract IST-2009-229526
URL http://ants.dif.um.es/projects/ants++/
Objective ANTS++ will set up the guidelines and procedures to create a Research Institute and its purpose. Defining the projects to achieve as well as collaboration agreements with other Research Institutes, Industry and Academia.
ENABLE
Name Enabling efficient and operational mobility in large heterogeneous IP networks.
Contract IST-2005-027002
URL http://www.ist-enable.org/
Objective The goal of ENABLE is to research, develop, test, integrate and evaluate mechanisms and technologies for the deployment of efficient and operational mobility as a service in large scale IPv6 network environments, taking into account also the transition scenario from IPv4.
DAIDALOS (Phase 2)
Name Designing Advanced network Interfaces for the Delivery and Administration of Location independent, Optimised personal Services
Contract IST-2005-026943
URL http://www.ist-daidalos.org/
Objective The Daidalos project aims at working towards an environment, where mobility is fully established through scalable and seamless integration of a complementary range of heterogeneous technologies and concepts.
DESEREC
Name Dependable Security by Enhanced Reconfigurability.
Contract IST-2004-026600
URL http://www.deserec.org/
Objective DESEREC aims at improving the resilience of the highly interconnected networked information systems and applications.
POPEYE
Name Peer to Peer Collaborative Working Environments over Mobile Ad-Hoc Networks
Contract IST-2006-034241
URL http://www.ist-popeye.eu/
Objective POPEYE focuses on supporting dynamic spontaneous collaborative group working environments with autonomous coordination and knowledge management support.
POSITIF
Name Policy-based Security Tools and Framework
Contract IST-2002-002314
URL http://www.positif.org/
Objective POSITIF is mainly intended to develop a framework and tools for policy-based security protection of networked systems and applications
ECOSPACE
Name eProfessional Collaborative Space
Contract IST-5-035208
URL http://www.ip-ecospace.org/
Objective Study and design of a collaboration platform reference architecture and the corresponding upperware enabling the interplay and interoperability of collaboration services and tools in a collaboration environment as well as business process management, mobile and wearable computing. This result will be contributed to standards and will foster the seamless cooperation of users within and between organisations, teams and communities.
6POWER
Name IPv6, QoS and Power Line Integration
Contract IST-2001-37613
URL http://www.6power.org/
Objective The main goal of the 6POWER project is to contribute to ensuring affordable broadband access and the deployment of IPv6 in Europe. In order to achieve this goal, the project will research the native support and deployment of IPv6, QoS and other advanced services over Power Line Communication networks.
DAIDALOS (Phase 1)
Name Designing Advanced network Interfaces for the Delivery and Administration of Location independent, Optimised personal Services.
Contract IST-2002-506997
URL http://www.ist-daidalos.org/
Objective The Daidalos project aims at working towards an environment, where mobility is fully established through scalable and seamless integration of a complementary range of heterogeneous technologies and concepts.
Euro6IX
Name European IPv6 Internet Exchanges Backbone.
Contract IST-2001-32161
URL http://www.euro6ix.org/
Objective The main objective of this project is to research an appropriate architecture to design and deploy the first pan-european non-commercial IPv6 Internet Exchange (IX) network. It connects several regional neutral IPv6 Internet Exchange points across Europe, and achieves the same level of robustness and service quality and currently offered by IPv4 Internet Exchange networks
SEINIT
Name Security Expert Initiative
Contract IST-2002-01929
URL http://www.seinit.org/
Objective Ensure a trusted and dependable security framework, ubiquitous, working across multiple devices, heterogeneous networks, being organisation independent (inter-operable) and centred around an end-user
COLAB
Name Collaborative Laboratories for Europe.
Contract IST-2000-25035
URL http://www.co-lab.nl/
Objective Desing of an Online Collaborative Platform, allowing synchronous and asynchronous collaboration for Discovery Learning.
ITCOLE
Name Innovative Technology for Collaborative Learning and Knowledge Building.
Contract IST 2000-26249
URL http://www.euro-cscl.org/site/itcole
Objective Integration of a Synchronous Collaborative Infraestructure and Tools in BSCW (Basic Support for Cooperative Work), obtaining the environment BSCL (Basic Support for Collaborative Learning).